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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan defence ministry in Kabul hit by suicide attack |
| 2013-03-09 |
| A suicide bomb has exploded outside the Afghan defence ministry in the centre of Kabul, police say. At least eight people have been killed and others wounded, officials have told the BBC. Reports said a loud explosion was followed by the sound of gunfire. The Taliban said it was behind the attack. The explosion happened shortly after the new US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan on an official visit. A Pentagon spokesman said Mr Hagel was in a briefing at a US-led military facility elsewhere in Kabul at the time of the blast. Kabul police chief Mohammad Zahir told the BBC that ambulances had taken the injured to several hospitals and that the situation was under control. He warned that the death toll could rise. |
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